Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in science journalism:
"To minimize surface tension, the jet tries to become a cylinder…"
Physics World
Jarman, S. (2022). Flowing liquid 'chains' are best described by Niels Bohr, not Lord Rayleigh. Physics World, 35(12).
Read: 'What the jet tried to do next…Anthropomorphising surface tension'
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Tags: fluid flow, surface tension
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